Fibromyalgia: Friend or Foe?

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At the young age of 26 I was involved in a three-car accident. My car was totaled, but I walked away with only a minor abrasion... or so I thought. The next day I felt like I had been hit by a truck and beaten with a baseball bat! I really flet like I had turned 80 overnight. I figured that time heals all wounds. Not so. After a few weeks some of the pain left but most remained... so OK, now I felt 70 years old. After seeing a number of doctors, trying different drugs and treatments, I found no relief. One doctor even made me worse. They told me it was Fibrositis (later called Fibromyalgia). It is a "mystery" autoimmune disease with no cure. I was a freelance artist at the time and I saw my business going down the tubes. I had turned from working 60 or more hours a week to 20. I began slipping into depression as I desperately searched for an answer to my problems. Almost three years had passed and I had lost almost everything I had. One day when I was on my knees I cried out to God and told him I saw only two options. Either I would jump from my balcony or if He helped me, I would do anything He said. That is when my life changed and a whole new world was opened up to me. I had accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. Yes... the Lord did help me in more ways than I could ever imagine. Flash forward to present day. Twenty years later. Do I still deal with Fibromyalgia? Yes, but my symptoms have decreased by 70%! I am going through a gradual healing. And I have noticed that as my emotions have healed from past circumstances, so have I received a physical healing. I have not taken medication for over 15 years and I have released myself from a workaholic tendency, bitterness, and unforgiveness. Fibromyalgia... friend or foe? For me it has been a friend, even though it has been a gruelling process. For what I have received in return, I would not trade it. One day I will be completely healed of this disease, I have no doubt!

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